Site details

Xerokastron

PK	C7321
TITLE	Xerokastron
WGS84	39.208338° N, 26.158088° E
Accuracy	Exact

LAT/LON	39.208338, 26.158088
LON/LAT	26.158088, 39.208338

DMS

39° 12' 30.0168" N

26° 9' 29.1168" E

W3W	aptness, possess, cassettes
UTM	35 S, 427311.11, 4340234.1
EGSA87	686185, 4341828

Elevation m	221
Elevation feet	725.1
Region	NE Aegean
Subregion	Lesbos

GENERAL SITE TYPE Settlement

TYPE

1.    Fort.   Koldewey [1890], 30    ' ... Befestigung ... '
2.    Settlement.   Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015],     'Type: Settlement'
3.    Settlement.   Koldewey [1890], 30    ' ..., die Befestigung nicht über etwa fünfzig antike Häuser enthalten haben.'

PERIOD (High Chronology)

1. Archaic: (700 BC - 480 BC)
    a.    Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: , 'Chronological Period: From A to A'

NOTE

1. For Koldewey's original illustrations see this (lower) and this (nos. 6 and 7).

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Koldewey [1890]: Koldewey, Robert. Die Antiken Baureste des Insel Lesbos. Kommissions-Verlag von Georg Reimer, Berlin, '7. Xerokastron', pg. 30. Online here.

2. Mazarakis-Ainian ed. [2015]: Mazarakis Ainian, Alexander . Η Κοινωνική Αρχαιολογία του Ελληνικού Κόσμου κατά την Πρώιμη Εποχή του Σιδήρου και την Πρώιμη Αρχαϊκή περίοδο (The Aristeia Project: The Social Archeology of the Greek World during the Early Iron Age and the Early Archaic period), 'Xerokastron', Online here.